Approaching the Ink Spot

The light in the garden
blooms wisdom from green.

In the study I see only the
explosion of fact.

In the black hole of art I do
not light a match or search

for more than Braille
answers: I spot beauty with

my nose, and know
a flower by walking into it.

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Biography

Poems have appeared in such journals as Rolling Stone, Poetry Magazine, Grand Street, New Letters, Confrontation Magazine, Negative Capability, Slant Journal, Seattle Review, International Poetry Review, Montserrat Review, Connecticut Poetry Review, Icarus, Natural Bridge, Alligator Juniper, New Delta Review, and Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review.